Epileptic Seizure Prediction Using Hybrid Feature Selection Over Multiple Intracranial EEG Electrode Contacts: A Report of Four Patients

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 603-615

  D'Alessandro, M ^a   Esteller, R ^b   Echauz, J ^b   Vachtsevanos, G ^c   Hinson, A ^d   Litt, B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NeuroPace Inc   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epileptic seizure prediction; feature selection; genetic algorithms; multiple channels and features

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TEMPORAL LOBE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 85008008123     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2003.810706     Document Type: Article

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